00:00According to the European Union trade chief, a trade deal with India is very close.
00:05Maros Shevkovic said that the two sides are checking their final numbers.
00:11Israel has said it would partially reopen the Rafah crossing
00:14once it recovered the remains of the last hostage in Gaza.
00:21Iranian authorities unveiled a new billboard in Tehran,
00:24seemingly warning the United States against military intervention.
00:30According to the European trade chief, a trade deal with India is very close.
00:36In an interview with your news program Europe Today,
00:39Maros Shevkovic said the two sides are checking their final numbers.
00:44The bloc aims to reduce steep tariffs for European companies
00:48in one of the fastest growing but heavily protected markets in the world.
00:53I mean, what is very important to recall is that in some sectors,
00:56India has tariffs going up to 150% and therefore big parts of the economy.
01:02The whole sector has been completely closed off to the European exporters and now we are kind of reopening.
01:08So the big benefit would be opening of the economy.
01:11Second, building up the integrated global supply chains and hedging against the global instability.
01:16Shevkovic referred to the agreement as the mother of all deals,
01:20as it looks to open a market of 1.4 billion people for European exports and services.
01:27Around 6,000 European companies currently operate in India.
01:31Trade goods between the EU and India has surged by almost 90% over the past decade,
01:37according to commission figures, with 48.8 billion euros of goods exported in 2024.
01:44Sustainability remains a key sticking point, particularly India's opposition to the EU's carbon border tax.
01:51The free trade agreement could be announced Tuesday during the EU-India summit in New Delhi.
01:56Greenland's Mining Minister Naya Nathanielsen told Euronews that there is not yet a deal between its government, Denmark and the US.
02:08Her comments follow US President Donald Trump's announcement last week that he worked out the framework for a future deal on the Arctic Territory with NATO Chief Mark Rutte.
02:20She stressed that clarity on the US's intentions is needed to progress talks.
02:24There is no deal yet. What we have is an agreement to venture into a dialogue.
02:31It's going to be, I think, maybe a number of different dialogues.
02:34I think there will be a NATO-led dialogue that has to do with maybe an increased presence from NATO in the high north.
02:42That could be Greenland. We would welcome that.
02:44Then there would be these trilateral dialogues between the US on one side and the Kingdom of Denmark, consistent in this part of Greenland and Denmark on the other side.
02:55And we still have to gain clarity about what is what is the American interests concretely, because we really haven't heard anything yet.
03:05And then there might be something regarding a closer business tie, and that would be a whole other dialogue as well.
03:15Greenland's icy terrain is rich in rare earths and other minerals.
03:19Nathanielsen emphasized that any talks on Greenland's mineral resources should be kept separate from any defense agreement with Washington.
03:28She welcomed US investment in the territory's untapped mineral wealth, but warned Greenland must benefit from any deal.
03:37I do not want to combine any form of defense agreement with access to our minerals.
03:43We need to keep these things in their separate baskets, if you will.
03:47And we are very much open to investments and collaborations with the US.
03:52We already have a memorandum of understanding that is from 2019 under Trump one that we have been seeking to update.
03:59But we cannot, I think, start to put it all together in the same basket because it's different things.
04:05We cannot give another country full access to our minerals.
04:10This is a rule based country.
04:12So we, of course, you need to follow the local rules and regulations in order to gain access.
04:18But we have definitely every interest in deepening our relationship and figuring out how can we, to a mutual benefit, develop our mineral sector.
04:29US President Donald Trump says his administration is, quote,
04:33reviewing everything after immigration agents fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Breddy in Minneapolis on Saturday.
04:40The incident marks the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by ICE officers in the city in weeks
04:46since the killing of mother of three Renee Good on the 7th of January.
04:51Trump declined twice to say if the officer acted appropriately in the shooting,
04:55refusing to comment until all angles have been studied and analyzed.
04:59He also indicated that federal agents would eventually withdraw from the city, though he provided no timeline.
05:05Videos circulating on social media showed agents shooting Preddy, an intensive care nurse,
05:11seconds after spraying him with a chemical irritant and pinning him down to the icy ground.
05:20The photos showed Preddy never drew a weapon, contradicting administration officials
05:24who described him as an assassin who had assaulted federal agents and was found with a handgun.
05:29Preddy's parents condemned what they called sickening lies about their son in a statement issued on
05:35Saturday after they learned of the shooting. The incident prompted sharp criticism from former
05:40Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, who denounced the Trump administration, warning that core US
05:46values are under assault and stressing that it should serve as a wake-up call.
05:49Preddy's parents' mother of three days of the condor, I like him as a sort of...
05:59He's almost a new man in the paper.
06:00He's a new man in the paper.
06:01He's a new man in the paper.
06:03Yeah, yeah.
06:04Of course, we're at, unfortunately, a horrific moment in our country
06:11with the federal government attacking civilians in our own cities.
06:22And, you know, I'm so lucky to be here in a joyful, creative community
06:29celebrating a movie we're really proud of.
06:31But it's impossible to ignore what ICE is doing to our country.
06:38And I'm very inspired, though, by all of the amazing, amazing Americans
06:43who are coming out and supporting each other and being there in community.
06:48It's really, it's beautiful.
07:01Israel has said it would partially reopen the Rafah crossing once it's recovered the remains of the last hostage in Gaza.
07:10The crossing was supposed to reopen in October as part of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.
07:19Israel now said it would reopen it for pedestrian passage only upon the return of the body of Israeli soldier, Ran Gavili.
07:26Over the weekend, U.S. envoys met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
07:30They reportedly pressed Israel to reopen the passage.
07:34World leaders and aid organizations have long been calling for more aid to be delivered to Gaza, as the situation in the enclave remains dire.
07:51Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of delaying the recovery of the body, but the militant group says it has given all the information it has on the whereabouts of the remains.
08:07Hamas also accused Israel of obstructing efforts to search in areas in Gaza that are under Israeli military control.
08:16Meanwhile, also over the weekend, the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem were set on fire.
08:22The blaze came days after Israeli bulldozers began demolitions of the compound of the U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees.
08:31It is not known who started the fire.
08:33However, Israeli settlers were seen at night looting the main building for furniture.
08:42Iranian authorities unveiled a new billboard in a square in Tehran.
08:46The board seems to warn the United States against intervention.
08:51The poster depicts an aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck.
08:56These are surrounded by bodies and pools of blood.
08:59Meanwhile, red bloodstreams showing resemblance to the American flag trail behind the vessel,
09:05while the slogan reads,
09:07If you sow the wind, you will reap the whirlwind.
09:10It comes just days after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. is moving warships to the region just in case he wants to take action.
09:19The latest escalation of tension between Tehran and Washington comes amid Iran's ongoing crackdown on nationwide protests.
09:27The demonstrations began at the end of December,
09:30and the U.S.-based human rights activist news agency reported on Friday that the death toll has risen to over 5,000.
09:38But many believe the toll to be even higher,
09:41as Iran remains under an internet blackout that has lasted for more than two weeks.
09:46The end of December,
10:16of the day of Macron,
10:16I watched him yesterday with those beautiful sunglasses.
10:21What the hell happened?
10:22Crazy, crazy days and everything amazing for us and very honored and happy that President
10:44Macron has used our eye work in this important event in Davos.
11:04Only Tuesday we have received in half day 50,000 visitors in the same time so it's impossible
11:13to manage in a website for you know a traditional eyewear company you know and a lot of requests
11:18to understand what's happening I want to buy the same eyewear of Macron and so and so and so
11:24all my team work all day and also all night long every day.
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